Type-rack.



C. E. ADAMSON;

TYPEvRAcK.

APPLICATION FILED O'CT. 20.1915.

Patentewe. 18,1917.d l

ilNiyilEii STATES PATENT CFFCE.

CHARLES E. ADAMSON, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ADDRESSOGRAPH. COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, kA CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

TYPE-RACK.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

Application filed October 20, 1915. Serial No. 56,936.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. ADAMsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Type-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

yMy improvement relates to type-racks and more particularly to racks which will enable type to be readily distributed into their proper receiving spaces and as readily removed therefrom for setting up a type form, the rack being particularly designed for Vholding short type such as are used in duplicating or imitation typewriter-printing machines.

The principal object of my inventionv is Vthe provision of a rack of this type in which type bearing different characters are retainedin convenient form sov that a type of any character niay be easily removed for setting the same into a type form and as readily inserted into its proper receiving space when distributing the type from a form.

Another` object of my invention is the provision of a type rack in which the type are arranged in a series of rows, a single row being provided for each character.

Another Objectis to provide a type rack with obliquely-disposed type-receiving spaces leaning from the vertical not more than will give assurance that the type will gravitate in said spaces; and to provide `means for retarding the gravitating movement of the type as they approach the lower extremities of the type-receiving spaces and for retaining the lower end type of each row in its space so that all the remaining type of the row will be checked in their gravitating movement by said lower end H further object is to provide a type rack ior nicked type wherein suitable guides are provided to enter the nicks of the type and to providesaid guides with type retaining means permitting the lower end type of each row to be readily disengaged from said retaining means.

`A. still further object is to provide a type rack with obliquely-disposed ytype-receiving spaces separated by type-guiding bars and providing said bars yat their lower extremities with an abutment, said bars having lateral flanges serving as guides which are adapted for use in connection withtype having guide lnicks atopposite sides slightly wider than the thickness of the guides which enter said nicks.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of av type rack with type-receivingspaces, from one end of which the type areto be removed as needed when vsettingV up a form; and to so arrange said spaces in series that the lower ends of the several series terminate in different horizontal planes.

Vith these and other objects in View, my

invention consists in the novel features of construction, and inthe combination and arrangement of parts `to be hereinafter de-` scribed and more particularly pointed out 'in the subjoined claim.

In the drawings,- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the type rack.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

` Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical section taken on line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Fig. i is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 4 4, Fig. 8.

f Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section taken on line 5-5, Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of one of the nicked type adapted to be retained in the type rack.

`Referring now to the drawings in detail, like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

` The reference numeral 6 designates the body portion of the type rack which comprises two side members 7y connected together by cross bars 8. vThese cross bars are secured to said side members by means of screws 9 which pass through said side members and take into the ends of said cross bars, as best shown in Fig. 4.' The body vportion is supported in inclined position by ,forward in the space. is carried to the Aforward extremity .of the :space with retardingspeed and engages the vabutment 21. All additional type inserted anguide 15 secured to the inner face. of each supporting leg. The 'brace-bars pass be` tween the guides 15 and the-supportinglegs and by adjusting the same with reference to vthe pins the legs Amay .be `swung on their pivots and retained 4in any ladjusted posi tion witha view of increasing .or diminishing the inclination .of the body portion. At the lower end `ofthe side members and also at the lower ends of the supporting legs, rollers 16, 17, respectively, are arranged so that the :rack may lbe easily moved about.

Securedto the cross bars V8, which arefarranged in sets, are obliquely-disposed'typeguiding bars 18, each .bar having opposite lateral flanges 19. rThese type-guiding bars are arranged in series, one series being `above the vother fand the lower `end of each bar yis curved, as at 20, `the curve being extended so that it terminates in `an upward direction. The upper or outer face of each bar is provided with an abutment 21 formed by reducing the depth of thelbar near its lower extremity. The various bars Vof eachseries are arranged side by side and spaced apart for the insertion therebetween of type 22, and for :this .reason the spaces between said bars may be termed type-receiving spaces. The fianges 19 of adjoining bars nare arra-nged in opposition, and kas `the type are nicked at opposite sides, as at 23, the opposing lianges of the type-guiding bars enter the inicks 28 of Vthe :type and permit the latter to gravitate within the type-receiving spaces. Attention is `rinvited to the fact that the nicks of the type are somewhat wider than the flanges 19 of the type-guiding bars are thick, so that the type have freedom in .action and will easily gravitate in .the typereceiving spaces while guided in their downward movement by said flanges.

The first type introduced into a type-re `ceiving space gravitates to the lower eX- tremity of said space, and as it rides over vthe curved portion .20 is retarded -in its movement, dueto the fact that it no longerv travels by force of gravity after it reaches Athe center of -said `curved portion and =de pends more on momentum carrying the same The type therefore in the same type-receiving space travel downward until they come in contact with the type already entered within said space. ln this manner the type are held against accidental removal from the type-receiving spaces. Each of the spaces receives type of the same character and these spaces may be designated in any suitable manner' so :that the c esired type :may befquiclly withdrawn, or type of certain characters entered in their `proper spaces, said designations being preferably made on the upper and lower cross bars 8.

ltis'to be fnoted that at the extremities of the type-guiding bars they are beveled or cut away, as at 24, 25. This facilitates the entrance of the type yinto :the Ytype-receiving A'spaces-and also the removal therefrom, and as zthe nicks of the typeare wider than the flanges 19fof the'type-guidingbars arethick, sufficient play `will be provided funderneath the flanges, and in removing the type fit is `therefore simply necessary to press the lower end type upwardly :and thus free `the :sa-me ffroin the abutment .21 of the type-guiding bars, thence Adraw outwardly to yremove the type from Athe rack. This will cause the :re-

-maming type lin V.the space to :slide ton the type-:guiding bars and bring `thenexttype in engagement with the .abutment .21 which in turn holds all the other type of saidspace against fmovement.

It yis also to be noted that `thethree series `of type-guiding bars have their curved ends :terminating in the same vertical planefone series above the'other, thus making it convenient .to remove the ftype rfrom the rack.

The type to be set intoa ITform areusually placed in line tubes, which may be yconstructed and positioned so that the type lmay be inserted into the tube directly from the Y type-receiving spaces `,in which they Lare held,

and these .tubes maybe set into a chase to constitute the form from Iwhich the kprinting VKimpression is .to be made. When vthe type are to be Vdistriliuted from a fform, Ktheline `tubes are :removed .from the fform .and .each

placed'so that the type can be discharged therefrom directly into the type-receiving spacesof the rack and bestopped in =their descendingmovement "by ,the highest type .of

the series in the spaces, and '.-if yit isthe only type lit will engage the abutment 21 of the type-guiding bars :forming the space.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that changes in details of construction :and variations in arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from kmy invention `or sacricingany ofthe advantages there-of.

Havingthusdescribed my invention, twhat I claim is,-

A type lholding rack comprising a -series of type-guiding bars having .oppositely disposed lateral anges spaced apart to provide against which the lowermost type in each type receiving channels, means for obliquely channel rests, said abutments being spaced supporting said series of type guiding-bars, apart to permit the type upon being lifted 10 the lower ends of said type guiding bars slightly to be withdrawn longitudinally 5 being curved outwardly and upwardly, and from said channels.

having abutments on the upper faces of In testimon whereof I aiiX my signature.

said anges adjacent their extremities HARLES E. ADAMSON.

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